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valerie.bsky.social
@valeriea.bsky.social
Formerly defence/war studies, Specialist Adviser to Commons Committee on Defence/author/ adult literacy. Now retired from all these - devoting my time to art, gardening, choir, chat and worrying about the state of the world.
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I only understood when I had children why I was such a disappointment to my mother- she wanted me to love her as a child is loved by a parent- an impossible thing to ask.
I think there comes a time when you look at your parents as people and evaluate them. I left home at 17. I’ve always been blamed for ruining their lives by becoming parents at 16 and having to make sacrifices.
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valerie.bsky.social
@valeriea.bsky.social
Formerly defence/war studies, Specialist Adviser to Commons Committee on Defence/author/ adult literacy. Now retired from all these - devoting my time to art, gardening, choir, chat and worrying about the state of the world.
974 followers715 following2.5k posts